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DaleNanton

How did she get on Conan at the age of 22? 


GrizzlamicBearrorism

She was on SNL for one season.


DaleNanton

Can you imagine being on SNL by your early 20s? 


Rubberbabeh

Eddie Murphy was 19 when he started on SNL From age 21-27 he starred in, 48 Hrs. Trading Places Beverly Hills Cop The Golden Child Beverly Hills Cop II Eddie Murphy: Raw Coming To America


trust-the-past

Wow, I never once thought about how old he was during any of that and just assumed all was in his 20’s-early 30’s.


Rubberbabeh

Same! And then you look at the top tier hits right off the bat. It is such an incredible start to a career.


TheTrub

He started doing stand-up when he was 15.


SpraePhart

Guess how old Tupac was when he died


potatowned

And Biggie. Both 25.


M3g4d37h

You forgot Delirious, which was before Raw.


citricacidx

And he was either 21 or 22 when he recorded it (22 when it released).


oxwof

Also, while he was a cast member of SNL, *he hosted SNL*. That’s an absurd amount of fame.


cujobob

I think a lot of that had to do with SNL having a really bad cast at the time and his being the lone exception. They needed him front and center to keep the show relevant.


CleverJail

It was a weak cast and they did keep him front and center, but the reason he hosted in this particular instance was that Nick Nolte was too trashed to host. Nolte would have been promoting 48 Hours and Eddie was his co-star, so it made sense.


pelicanorpelicant

Eddie was also the first cast member to host the show while still on the show.  A guy came to SNL while Eddie was there to teach them all improv, and Eddie skipped it, saying “fuck him, I’m already funny.”


mbklein

*Trading Places* was Eddie’s second movie. Ralph Bellamy had made 99 movies by that time. One of the first days of filming, Eddie pointed out “Between the two of us, we’ve been in a hundred movies!”


thatfookinschmuck

Yeah but Eddie is Eddie. Wtf did Silverman do?


Historicmetal

He kind of fell off the map after like the mid 90s though. I wonder why


movielass

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was 21!


DaleNanton

Can you imagine being on SNL by your early 20s? 


water2wine

No but I can imagine being on Julia Louis Dreyfus in her 20s


GenericUsername_1234

They're real and they're spectacular.


mbklein

That was Teri Hatcher


Paddy_Tanninger

Hiyoooo


ThorLives

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has a billionaire father, so that's a big advantage to getting on the show.


MAC_Zehn

How the fuck so?  Did her father's wealth make her funnier or something?


George__Maharis

It means she couldn’t fail. She could take bigger risks and not worry about being homeless. Other people can’t afford acting and comedy classes all day when they have to put food on the table.


GrizzlamicBearrorism

I can't imagine being on SNL.


DaleNanton

Omg I just looked her up and she is 53 years old. She looks amazziiiiinnngggg.


EatsYourShorts

It’s a lot easier to still look amazing in your 50s when you start out an absolute smoke show.


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And money.


Total_Information_65

she's still an absolute smoke show


BigRedFury

Look up her sister Laura. She's basically the Tony Rock of the Silverman family but was blessed by being the hit sister.


SqueezyCheez85

Same goes for Conan. He's a ginger fox.


TheTrub

He’s a rotting pumpkin!


DaleNanton

'tis true


klmdwnitsnotreal

No kids, never married


DaleNanton

Ah yes :) 


taosk8r

Clever girl


atthem77

I can't imagine being in my early 20s


uwill1der

imagine how Anthony Michael Hall felt doing it as a minor


mentales

> Can you imagine being on SNL by your early 20s?  ALL the coke 


ThorLives

For what it's worth, she was fired partway through the season. Still crazy that she was there in the first place. Kinda makes me wonder if nepotism was at play.


triggeron

Why was she fired?


Paddy_Tanninger

She had no grace


triggeron

HAHAHAHAHA!


goteamnick

She stabbed Al Franken in the head with a pencil.


CaptainObvious110

Really? What did he do?


xnmw

Oh, he screamed


8020GroundBeef

lol yeah… she comes from an insanely rich family Edit: thought I was in the JLD chain of comments


yesnewyearseve

Source? Wiki says her mother was a photographer and her father a social worker


pijinglish

You might be confusing the threads. Julia Louis Dreyfuss is the daughter of a billionaire. I have no idea who Sarah Silverman's parents are.


yesnewyearseve

Ah! Julia Louis Dreyfus’s makes more sense, thanks! (I however don’t seem to find that this was posted under a mention of JLD - but yes, someone (maybe me?) clearly confused the threads.)


8020GroundBeef

Oh shit I got confused. The Julia Louis Dreyfus comments were right above this


Dazzling-Pear-1081

Yes


Jr05s

She walked downstairs from SNL after Conan had a last minute opening


kettal

nobody of note wanted to be on this show at the time. look at conan in this video, even he is thinking "i shouldn't be here"


WizardSkeni

Look at Conan now and he's still thinking the same thing


kettal

now he says it out loud


Complicated-HorseAss

He did an episode years ago that hosted Mick Foley and Marylyn Manson. It was oddest two people to be on the show together and Conan kept having this look like "Who fuck is in charge of booking!? Of fuck it's me, god why I am here!?"


Mama_Skip

Idk I'm pretty sure Conan is looking like he wants to get her in pants lol


dong_tea

This would have been sometime in the first few months of his first ever show so they probably weren't booking that many well known guests.


darcys_beard

Yeah, they had some kid on whose whole shtick was saying "I didn't do it!"


immortal_salami

Shame he didn't get to dance


JonnyTN

Her grandmother was the Wicked witch in Wizard of OZ. She was kind of born into showbiz.


AngusLynch09

It's not exactly an uncommon thing.


mage1413

connections bro....connections


buahuash

nepotism probably


FrostyDaSnowmane

Her daddy's connections.


crazyeyeskilluh

I dunno but I could only watch about 45 seconds of this. Awful.


DaleNanton

Did not want to be a hater but it was awks. But like... who cares. It's Sarah Silverman.


Stedenial

This interview simulates "talking to the hot girl at a party" perfectly.


grantpant2353

Bro this is Reddit. None of us can relate to this comment.


Chunkstyle3030

That’s not true. I’ve talked to plenty of hot girls at parties. The problem is they don’t like it and try to get away like they’re Indiana Jones and I’m the boulder.


atthem77

This interview simulates "browsing /all" perfectly.


ersatzgaucho

Ooooooh I get it now.


pointlemiserables

💀💀💀💀


ssfbob

Why you gotta call us all out like that?


SilentSamurai

Consider yourself blessed then. I've heard some of the dumbest shit about astrology affecting test grades in college while dozens of bros just mindlessly agreed.


LAROACHA_420

Speak for yourself homie


Jackle02

It's crazy how much Conan is eyeing her up.


tekko001

She had a reputation of dating comedians and Late Night hosts, she has dated Kimmel, Louis CK, David Cross. Conan is most likely her type, and he knows it.


taosk8r

She hit on my younger brother, and he was just a national news correspondent at Newsweek (actually not sure if that was his Dailybeast era, come to think of it). He's rarely without a gf, though.


InvertedParallax

God they would have the most charismatic babies.


AshCal

Conan has always been a flirt.


Amazing-Steak

i would love to see her react to this clip now guarantee this is pure, straight to the veins, cringe, for her


Kuberstank

Ask and ye shall receive. [Sarah looks back on her first appearance on Conan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJsHFFbUoxc)


gnrc

This right here is why I love Reddit so much.


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BLACKdrew

I appreciate the level of cynicism but it could just be a coincidence.


GubmintTroll

Hah! “I came up with a craft you can do with your phone”


toolschism

Censorship in America is so fucking stupid. They just censored an image of a man's lips lol.


Jackle02

Or maybe cringe for how much Conan is checking her out.


spidermanngp

I've thought ever since I was a kid that she is just absolutely gorgeous.


firemogle

And she doesn't age.


johndoe42

Hair is on FIRE. That sheen under relatively harsh studio lighting.


klavin1

Yep. Still do.


devilpants

Her old nose was so much better. 


tekko001

Did she have a nose job or did someone punch her in the face like in *The Way of the Gun*?


Cheshire_Jester

Yeah, she got punched in the nose during *The Way of the Gun*.


IndubitablyJollyGood

Saying she got punched in the nose sounds so crass. What actually happened is she got her head fuck-started.


zeusmeister

I’m not sure how old she was, but watch her guest appearance of Star Trek Voyager. I instantly developed a crush on her upon viewing that episode for the first time lol


Maxwell_Jeeves

Stimulating conversation...


red_langford

Chuck Barris of Gong Show fame sitting on the couch beside her.


CharlesDickensABox

Nice of them to keep the camera on Sarah while he cut up his lines.


bergie3000

Rough crowd. No laughter for tap dancing at a club?


squarl

to be fair this really didn't feel like an interview and more of a setup for a standup routine. i personally found it uncomfortable


The_Real_Mr_F

I think they call it “sit up,” where a comic is just performing their stand up act under the guise of a sit down interview, and the interviewer is in on it and tossing them the pre-planned set up questions. Used to be pretty common in late night TV. Also, she was super young and probably very nervous, and Conan was still new at this, too. Recipe for a bomb of a segment.


Kayakingtheredriver

Most Bill Burr interviews are sit ups. He is basically regurgitating his whole routine for that year in them. All his best stuff. Though the *standing on the heads of those little people* bit wasn't in anything that I'd ever seen, so it was likely off the cuff which is why it destroyed Conan so much. He wasn't in on that one. I imagine it was one of his bits, just one that didn't make the cut on the special. So it is an all time *watch conan lose it* scene for all of us instead. For those that won't know it is the Bill Burr Oprah Winfrey Lance Armstrong [bit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9YL04v-J5U) .


Nerfeveryone

That bit is my favorite Bill Burr bit, he says every perfect word to make it 100x funnier. “The guy was a *SOCIOPATH* on a *BICYCLE*!”


entity2

I think he had a pretty small studio audience at the time too, just getting started? Either way, didn't really feel like a disaster, just awkward.


Riegel_Haribo

Yep. Also, how Conan doesn't even do an interview, he just pitches the prerehearsed setup lines to her bad 5 minutes that barely land.


Rain1dog

Same, and I’ve really enjoyed her presence throughout the years, but this was uncomfortable for me to watch.


Segesaurous

Not her fault at all, Conan was just staring at her, hardly responding at all. It was a terrible interview, she was trying her damdest to get some support from anyone up there with her.


Rain1dog

I never meant to imply that it was anyone’s fault. I was just saying that from my perspective the conversation flow was kind of awkward and that’s fine. I’m not a master linguistic and I’m sure I’ve had my fair share of absolutely awkward, uncomfortable conversations myself.


WhatD0thLife

I don't think she's ever made me laugh.


ArticArny

Andy already looks so old. I have often thought he first showed up delivering the couch and just never left.


BurtonPerformer

Loved her as Rain on Star Trek Voyager - Future's End S3 E8


_Face

I’ve read rumors there were plans to have her join the show. Could have been pretty interesting.


Amaruq93

Yeah, imagine her *and* Seven of Nine on the series together. The only thing that stopped it was Garrett Wang (Ensign Kim) was randomly called one of Hollywood's "sexiest man" by a magazine at the time, so they didn't fire him along with Jennifer Lien.


Kimorin

her mannerism on conan is exactly same as Rain


Sonikku_a

Is it weird that I recognized her from that and not anything else? Until this post I had no idea she was a anything other than a random person in a couple Voyager episodes lol **EDIT:** dang getting downvoted for being a nerd unaware of celebrity comedians


Firov

Same for me. I had no idea that she was a fairly famous comedian until many years later.


bruswazi

Post the link? 🖖🏼


BurtonPerformer

Peacock has all the trek. 


downvote_dinosaur

and she was a total freakasaurus


nfs3freak

I love Conan but I didn't realize how his stare was INCREDIBLY weird the younger he was.


dman45103

love conan but he is a creepy looking guy. thankfully his personality does not seem to match and he seems like a great guy


TimeFourChanges

Love Conan, but he creeps on every single attractive woman he's ever had on the show. He tries to hide it and it's subtle, but it's *always* there.


lookitsjustin

It’s a bit.


TimeFourChanges

Just because he plays it up and tries to make light of it, doesn't mean it's a bit. It means he's trying to soften it with humor. Ya'all are some naive people ITT.


Lootboxboy

Just don't look up her history with black face or the N word.


georgito555

Damn she was gorgeous


Medium_Bill_625

She hasn't got any less attractive IMHO


Krinks1

I'm only at the end of Season 3 so haven't seen it yet.


NotSingleAnymore

We can edit her out in post.


ericinthel0ft

uncomfortable


Fisk75

We’ll be right back with Jamiroquai


iPesmerga

i love sarah, but this is awful.


Anothercraphistorian

You know how many dudes went on Conan early as the final act and bombed?


iPesmerga

no, i don’t, and i don’t care. this is about sarah silverman. in this particular instance. and it’s bad. any other questions?


RabbiMatondo

Don’t be such an angry person mate


ThbUds_For

It was a weird interjection though, because the original post had nothing to do with gender, but got an overly defensive response about dudes also bombing.


jingowatt

You’re not going to discover much in life if you shut people down who try to engage in conversation.


igotagoodfeeling

This is just weird stand up. Conan probably new enough here where he went with the format instead of guiding the interview


mitch8893

So she's never been funny huh


snarpy

That "I'm going to the BATHroom" is such an amazing deconstruction of comedy timing and patterns, I fucking lost it.


djphatjive

No clue she was on SNL


Comf-boby

She looks and sound like a Friends character.


newtrawn

she gives me aubrey plaza vibes.


dman45103

oh wow thats a good call


rodofasclepius

Sitting and talking like a twelve year old is mad weird.


Jahndala

This is Norm Macdonald.


humblegar

Wow, she carried that hard. Conan always talks about how he and Andy had to carry a lot of guests, seems like he's just having a really good time here.


Cockrocker

She's such a freakasaurus


loffredo95

I guess I’m the only one who thought this was genuinely funny


GrizzlamicBearrorism

I mean shes rough, but she's trying. Reddit is a bunch of cunts who wouldn't know funny if it punched them in the stomach.


Supperdip

Might be a vile person but Conan handles it so well


KryptoCanuck

It's so interesting to see Conan so rigid and frozen. You can tell this is well before he hit his stride as one of the best interviewers out there.


textandstage

Love her 😂


syntax_erorr

The edge sharpening is ridiculous in this video.


callmeslate

When did she do the black face 


IncomeJunior7476

She's insufferable


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GrizzlamicBearrorism

Horrible thing to say about a person.


Anothercraphistorian

That “I had a ball” joke was amazing. Love Sarah Silverman.


chessmasterjj

Jamirickwhy


ManBeef69xxx420

new drinking game. Randomly choose any time in the video and if Sarah Silverman says "Yeah!" within 3 seconds, take a shot.


ForsakenCampaigns

Tap and club are very different dances. In tap, you shake your feet. In club you shake that butt.


S-Markt

she has got an incredibly perfect timimg.


Samdoge

genocide denier


donaldinoo

I don’t understand how she even get popular in the first place? I wanted to laugh and like her but she was so dang unfunny.


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shodan5000

Such a horrible person


86rpt

She is? I don't know much about her why so?


quatchis

Because shes fucking Matt Damon.


Denotsyek

She must like dem apples


dman45103

why?


ineededthistoo

She handled it like a champ! Very awkwardly funny!!


Mama_Skip

She was so cute. Weird boobs tho.


Krinks1

God she irritates me so much. I don't understand why she became a celebrity. She can't act and she isn't funny. I just recently saw a two part episode of Star Trek: Voyager and she was in it. She was so awful that it Made the episodes a chore to watch. Worst of all they had her playing a radio astronomer who was supposed to be intelligent. LOL


devilpants

That’s like one of the best voyager episodes. 


TheGillos

How about the episode with Andy Dick?


GoMoriartyOnPlanets

I think she has a unique funny style, but people like this shouldn't be in Star Trek. Like would I watch David Spade? Yes. Would I ruin my Star Trek with him? No.


PlatasaurusOG

Pretty sure it was her first ever acting role.